Effectual Entrepreneurship, Third Edition
Practically Speaking
The Blind Leading the Blind
Two friends turn their disability into a global success: a screen reader for the vision impaired.
Entrepreneurs: Jamie Teh & Mick Curran
Entity: NVDA
Country: Australia
Pages 11-12 in
Chapter 1 Roadmaps, Myths, and the Bahamas (pp. 3-14)
Jamie Teh laughs when he remembers being with his friend, Mick Curran, at summer camp, referring to it as "the blind leading the blind."
Jamie is not being cruel; he is stating a fact. Jamie lost his sight as a baby and Mick had limited vision as a child and later lost it completely as a teenager. That was a huge blow for Mick, who became depressed. He describes how he moved on:
Video Resources
References & Links
- (Audio Described) Changing Lives The story behind the free NVDA Screen Reading software—YouTube. (n.d.). Retrieved April 20, 2025, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko9rDmMTEus
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Director). (2023). Best friends don’t want a cent from their big tech idea. This is why | Australian Story [Broadcast]. In Australian Story. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwHbXh3WzSw
- Download NVDA. (2017, July 5). NV Access. https://www.nvaccess.org/download/
- Getting Started Testing with NVDA | Digital Accessibility. (n.d.). Retrieved April 20, 2025, from https://accessibility.huit.harvard.edu/nvda
- How NVDA & OSARA are empowering blind people globally—YouTube. (n.d.). Retrieved April 20, 2025, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L076ngGbBRc
- Learn NVDA. (n.d.). The American Foundation for the Blind. Retrieved April 20, 2025, from https://www.afb.org/blindness-and-low-vision/using-technology/assistive-technology-videos/learn-nvda
- Mick and Jamie discuss NVDA on 7 News Brisbane 6th September 2023—YouTube. (n.d.). Retrieved April 20, 2025, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYudnwna6c8
- NonVisual Desktop Access. (2025). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NonVisual_Desktop_Access&oldid=1280303975
- Nvaccess/nvda. (2025). [Python]. NV Access. https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda (Original work published 2015)
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